rio: extract from 2024-10-22-futardio-proposal-hire-advaith-sekharan-as-founding-engineer.md

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- Domain: internet-finance
- Extracted by: headless extraction cron (worker 2)

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entities/internet-finance/advaith-sekharan.md

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+---
+type: entity
+entity_type: person
+name: "Advaith Sekharan"
+domain: internet-finance
+status: active
+roles: ["founding engineer"]
+affiliations: ["[[metadao]]"]
+tracked_by: rio
+created: 2026-03-11
+---
+
+# Advaith Sekharan
+
+## Overview
+Advaith Sekharan is a founding engineer at MetaDAO, hired in October 2024 through a futarchy-governed proposal. His compensation package includes $180,000 annual salary and 237 META tokens (1% of supply) with performance-based unlocking tied to market cap milestones and a 4-year vesting period.
+
+## Timeline
+- **2024-10-22** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] proposal created to hire as founding engineer
+- **2024-10-26** — Hiring proposal passed; joined MetaDAO with retroactive salary from October 16th
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[metadao]] — founding engineer
+- [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] — hiring decision
+- Part of MetaDAO's San Francisco core team building strategy per Fundraise #2

entities/internet-finance/metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan.md

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+---
+type: entity
+entity_type: decision_market
+name: "MetaDAO: Hire Advaith Sekharan as Founding Engineer?"
+domain: internet-finance
+status: passed
+parent_entity: "[[metadao]]"
+platform: "futardio"
+proposer: "Nallok, Proph3t"
+proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/B82Dw1W6cfngH7BRukAyKXvXzP4T2cDsxwKYfxCftoC2"
+proposal_date: 2024-10-22
+resolution_date: 2024-10-26
+category: "hiring"
+summary: "Proposal to hire Advaith Sekharan as founding engineer with $180K salary and 237 META tokens"
+tracked_by: rio
+created: 2026-03-11
+---
+
+# MetaDAO: Hire Advaith Sekharan as Founding Engineer?
+
+## Summary
+This proposal sought to hire Advaith Sekharan as MetaDAO's founding engineer with $180,000 annual cash compensation and 237 META tokens (1% of supply excluding DAO holdings). The token allocation uses the same performance-based vesting structure as co-founders Nallok and Proph3t, with linear unlocks tied to market cap milestones from $500M to $5B, a 4-year cliff starting November 2028, and an 8-month clawback period.
+
+## Market Data
+- **Outcome:** Passed
+- **Proposer:** Nallok, Proph3t
+- **Proposal Account:** B82Dw1W6cfngH7BRukAyKXvXzP4T2cDsxwKYfxCftoC2
+- **Created:** 2024-10-22
+- **Completed:** 2024-10-26
+
+## Compensation Structure
+- **Cash:** $180,000/year (retroactive to October 16, 2024)
+- **Tokens:** 237 META (1% of 23,705.7 supply including co-founder allocations)
+- **Vesting Start:** November 2024
+- **Unlock Mechanism:** Linear based on market cap ($500M = 10% unlock, $5B = 100% unlock)
+- **Cliff:** No tokens unlock before November 2028
+- **Clawback:** DAO can reclaim all tokens until July 2025 (8 months)
+- **Market Cap Definition:** $1B = $42,198 per META
+
+## Significance
+This proposal demonstrates MetaDAO's use of futarchy for operational hiring decisions, extending the same performance-aligned token structure used for co-founders to early employees. The 4-year cliff and market-cap-based unlocking create strong long-term alignment while the 8-month clawback period provides early accountability. The proposal is part of MetaDAO's strategy to build a core team in San Francisco following Fundraise #2.
+
+## Relationship to KB
+- [[metadao]] — hiring decision for founding engineer role
+- [[advaith-sekharan]] — hired individual
+- [[metadao-compensation-proph3t-nallok]] — co-founder compensation structure this mirrors
+- [[metadao-fundraise-2]] — fundraising round that enabled core team building
+- [[performance-unlocked-team-tokens-with-price-multiple-triggers-and-twap-settlement-create-long-term-alignment-without-initial-dilution]] — compensation mechanism used

entities/internet-finance/metadao.md

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 - **2026-03** — Pine Analytics Q4 2025 quarterly report published
 
 - **2024-02-18** — [[metadao-otc-trade-pantera-capital]] failed: Pantera Capital's $50,000 OTC purchase proposal rejected by futarchy markets
+- **2024-10-26** — [[metadao-hire-advaith-sekharan]] passed: hired Advaith Sekharan as founding engineer with $180K salary and 237 META tokens
 ## Key Decisions
 | Date | Proposal | Proposer | Category | Outcome |
 |------|----------|----------|----------|---------|

inbox/archive/2024-10-22-futardio-proposal-hire-advaith-sekharan-as-founding-engineer.md

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 date: 2024-10-22
 domain: internet-finance
 format: data
-status: unprocessed
+status: processed
 tags: [futardio, metadao, futarchy, solana, governance]
 event_type: proposal
+processed_by: rio
+processed_date: 2026-03-11
+extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5"
+extraction_notes: "Hiring proposal for founding engineer. Created decision_market entity for the proposal, person entity for Advaith Sekharan, and timeline entry on MetaDAO. No novel claims — this is operational execution of existing compensation structure. The token vesting mechanism matches the co-founder structure already documented in metadao-compensation-proph3t-nallok claim."
 ---
 
 ## Proposal Details
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 - Autocrat version: 0.3
 - Completed: 2024-10-26
 - Ended: 2024-10-26
+
+
+## Key Facts
+- MetaDAO supply excluding DAO holdings: 19,755.7 META (2024-10-22)
+- MetaDAO supply including co-founder allocations: 23,705.7 META (2024-10-22)
+- Founding engineer compensation: $180K/year + 237 META (1% of supply)
+- Token unlock formula: linear from $500M (10%) to $5B (100%) market cap
+- Market cap definition: $1B = $42,198 per META
+- Vesting cliff: 4 years (November 2028)
+- Clawback period: 8 months (until July 2025)